Brendan Foley
@thetruebrendanf.bsky.social
Part time imaginary friend. Contributor to http://Cinapse.co. Co-host of https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brendanagnew. BUY MY BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Terrors-1-Brendan-Foley-ebook/dp/B08YX8G6RK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=F79LKMDQ573T&dib=eyJ2IjoiM
I'm not gonna lie...I was pretty invested by the end.
February 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I'm not gonna lie...I was pretty invested by the end.
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
February 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
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Wrote about the return of Shoresy, and how the two main Letterkenny writers have gone on to create such different shows about hockey:
'Shoresy’ is back to remind us that 'Heated Rivalry' isn't the only fun show about hockey and sex
The 'Letterkenny' spinoff returns for a fifth season of minor league ice antics
www.whatsalanwatching.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Wrote about the return of Shoresy, and how the two main Letterkenny writers have gone on to create such different shows about hockey:
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PRIMITIVE MAN: o fearsome wolf, I would learn your ways. How do you hunt the noble elk
WOLF: well mostly we chase them until they get tired and then bite their asshole until they bleed out
PRIMITIVE MAN: …I am going to invent stone tools now
WOLF: well mostly we chase them until they get tired and then bite their asshole until they bleed out
PRIMITIVE MAN: …I am going to invent stone tools now
February 19, 2026 at 11:13 AM
PRIMITIVE MAN: o fearsome wolf, I would learn your ways. How do you hunt the noble elk
WOLF: well mostly we chase them until they get tired and then bite their asshole until they bleed out
PRIMITIVE MAN: …I am going to invent stone tools now
WOLF: well mostly we chase them until they get tired and then bite their asshole until they bleed out
PRIMITIVE MAN: …I am going to invent stone tools now
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hadn’t appreciated on first viewing that there’s real purpose in making Cathy’s father into a composite with Hindley, beyond compressing narrative
it’s key: he embody’s both loving affection and brutal cruelty
this adaptation is a story about characters raised to confuse love with cruelty
it’s key: he embody’s both loving affection and brutal cruelty
this adaptation is a story about characters raised to confuse love with cruelty
February 19, 2026 at 5:39 AM
hadn’t appreciated on first viewing that there’s real purpose in making Cathy’s father into a composite with Hindley, beyond compressing narrative
it’s key: he embody’s both loving affection and brutal cruelty
this adaptation is a story about characters raised to confuse love with cruelty
it’s key: he embody’s both loving affection and brutal cruelty
this adaptation is a story about characters raised to confuse love with cruelty
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oh what do you know, Fennell has talked about exactly this intention with the Hindley/Earnshaw change
February 19, 2026 at 12:58 PM
oh what do you know, Fennell has talked about exactly this intention with the Hindley/Earnshaw change
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Andrew Garfield was going to play the monster in FRANKENSTEIN, but pulled out and Jacob Elordi stepped in.
Elordi’s followup movie is WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
So he went from doing Garfield’s role… to playing Heathcliff…
Elordi’s followup movie is WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
So he went from doing Garfield’s role… to playing Heathcliff…
February 19, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Andrew Garfield was going to play the monster in FRANKENSTEIN, but pulled out and Jacob Elordi stepped in.
Elordi’s followup movie is WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
So he went from doing Garfield’s role… to playing Heathcliff…
Elordi’s followup movie is WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
So he went from doing Garfield’s role… to playing Heathcliff…
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Whole Foods AI stores were entirely Indians watching on video feeds and ringing you up. Waymos have live human support partially driving them. And the AI that has “Hollywood shaking in its boots” is…stock footage. With face replacement.
Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.
Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.
From the above piece: “I hopped over to Seedance’s website and it only took 10 seconds to find green screen footage of two stuntmen performing the same fight choreography we see in the Cruise vs Pitt scene.” youtu.be/AKDWuFSy9DA
The Seedance Tom Cruise vs Brad Pitt fight scene - how was it really made?
YouTube video by Shokunin Studio
youtu.be
February 19, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Whole Foods AI stores were entirely Indians watching on video feeds and ringing you up. Waymos have live human support partially driving them. And the AI that has “Hollywood shaking in its boots” is…stock footage. With face replacement.
Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.
Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.
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BLUE MOON: If NOUVELLE VAGUE was Linklater's meditation on the thrill of being a young artist discovering your voice and finding your people, BLUE MOON is the counterpoint, a sour hangover of pissed away potential, lost years, and loneliness as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
It's great, but it hurts.
It's great, but it hurts.
February 18, 2026 at 3:54 AM
BLUE MOON: If NOUVELLE VAGUE was Linklater's meditation on the thrill of being a young artist discovering your voice and finding your people, BLUE MOON is the counterpoint, a sour hangover of pissed away potential, lost years, and loneliness as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
It's great, but it hurts.
It's great, but it hurts.
And we should've got to vote on who she'd kill, AMERICAN IDOL style.
she should have been allowed to kill one guy per season
February 19, 2026 at 1:15 AM
And we should've got to vote on who she'd kill, AMERICAN IDOL style.
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I think some people’s reluctance to engage with classic lit comes from the high school English class experience, which depends largely on what kind of teachers you got, but I’d argue the biggest problem with that system is that you just have so little life experience at that age
February 18, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I think some people’s reluctance to engage with classic lit comes from the high school English class experience, which depends largely on what kind of teachers you got, but I’d argue the biggest problem with that system is that you just have so little life experience at that age
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
fun question: what’s the maddest you’ve ever been leaving a movie theater? not necessarily worst movie you’ve seen, but the one that just pissed you off the most. mine is Batman v Superman
February 18, 2026 at 10:42 PM
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
I really liked it! And for as fast and loose as Fennell plays with the text, I do think she’s wired into the dark heart of WUTHERING HEIGHTS in a way that more literal adaptations might fail to achieve.
Off to wuther some heights.
February 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I really liked it! And for as fast and loose as Fennell plays with the text, I do think she’s wired into the dark heart of WUTHERING HEIGHTS in a way that more literal adaptations might fail to achieve.
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good news? GOOD news? GOoOo— no, just doesn’t sound natural, can’t be real.
February 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM
good news? GOOD news? GOoOo— no, just doesn’t sound natural, can’t be real.
Gerry what the hell
‘PLANE 2’ has crashed.
Gerard Butler decided he didn’t want to move forward with the film just 2 weeks before production began.
(Source: thedirect.com/article/plan...)
Gerard Butler decided he didn’t want to move forward with the film just 2 weeks before production began.
(Source: thedirect.com/article/plan...)
February 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Gerry what the hell
Off to wuther some heights.
February 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Off to wuther some heights.
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Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014
#52: BLUE MOON (2025)
Director: Richard Linklater
Director: Richard Linklater
February 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
#52: BLUE MOON (2025)
Director: Richard Linklater
Director: Richard Linklater
OK but O'Brien's Raimi voice is dead-on.
February 18, 2026 at 3:41 PM
OK but O'Brien's Raimi voice is dead-on.
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No! One of the best Creepy Guys we had! 📽️
HEAT (1995) cast losing its great minor supporting characters left and right this week. 😔
HEAT (1995) cast losing its great minor supporting characters left and right this week. 😔
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 AM
No! One of the best Creepy Guys we had! 📽️
HEAT (1995) cast losing its great minor supporting characters left and right this week. 😔
HEAT (1995) cast losing its great minor supporting characters left and right this week. 😔